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3. Why did God select these two languages for writing the Bible?
4. Describe the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
5. Name three major challenges that a translator has to overcome when translating the Bible from one
language to another:
6. Please define formal equivalency:
7. Define dynamic equivalency:
8. What is the best “rule of thumb” when translating from one language to another?
9. New Testament ancient documents were written on
10. What is the greatest challenge when it comes to writing a Bible on the material listed in questions
8?
11. What was a better material that would last longer on which to write on?
12. For the first 800 years, the copies were called and there were no spaces
between the words.
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13. In the 9 century, copies changed to be organized by words, spaces, and even verse numbers. What
were these copies called?
14. What are the differences between manuscripts called?
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